Militia buses,and trucks on fire in downtown Kiev, the opposition puts up resistance

KIEV, January 20, /ITAR-TASS/. Several buses and trucks of law enforcement agencies are now on fire in Grushevsky Street near the Dynamo Stadium in the Ukrainian capital. The vehicles caught fire after being hit by incendiary-mixture bottles hurled from the protesters' direction.

Law enforcers sought toa dvance to edge the protesters out. A scuffle ensued. The guardians of order retreated. After that, "Molotov cocktails" were hurled at vehicles which were shielding the first line of militia cordon. The personnel of law enforcement agencies started to put out flame on vehicles by means of water jets. However,after the vehicles' petrol tanks began to explode, the fire-fighting efforts were discontinued.